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HILTON HEAD, S.C. - The University of North
Carolina women's golf team fired an 11-over-par 295 total and is tied for
second place after the first round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. The Tar Heels are just two strokes behind the
leader and were led by junior Casey Grice who fired an even par 71 on Friday.

"Long Cove
is a demanding course with a very competitive field," said Tar Heel head coach
Jan Mann. "I thought overall the team
did well with course management, but feel there are some improvements we can
make in that area. We are looking
forward to teeing it up again tomorrow in calmer conditions."

Three Tar
Heels are in the top 20 individually. Grice,
from College Station, Texas, is tied for second place, just three strokes
behind the leader. Grice's even par 71
featured three birdies and three bogeys.
Freshman Elizabeth Mallett fired a 2-over-par 73 after posting one
birdie and three bogeys. The native of
Sutton Coldfield, England, is tied for eighth after Friday's first round. Katherine Perry, a junior from Cary, N.C.,
posted a 3-over 74 and and is tied for 18th.
Junior Jackie Chang, from Scottsdale, Ariz., and sophomore Maia
Schechter, from Takoma Park, Md., both carded a 6-over 77 and stand deadlocked
in 42nd place. Courtney Gunter is
competing as an individual and is tied for 49th place. The Matthews, N.C., native shot a 7-over 78
in the first round.

Arkansas
fired a 9-over-par 293 and leads the field of 15 teams. Carolina and LSU are two strokes back in a
tie for second place at 11-over 295.
Vanderbilt is alone in fifth place at 12-over 296 while three teams are
tied for fifth - Alabama, Tennessee and Arizona State. Rounding out the top 10 are UCF in eighth
place at 298, Virginia is ninth at 301 and Wake Forest is 10th at 304.

Emma Lavy
of Arkansas grabbed the individual lead after firing a 3-under-par 68 in the
first round. Carolina's Grice, Arkansas'
Gabriela Lopez and LSU's Madelene Sagstrom are three strokes back in a tie for
second place at even par 71. Another
three players are tied for fifth place at 1-over 72 - Virginia's Brittany
Altomare, Arizona State's Noemi Jimenez and Wake Forest's Mariana Sims. Tar Heel Elizabeth Mallett is among 10
players deadlocked in eighth place at 2-over 73.

The 54-hole
event continues through Sunday at the Long Cove Club which features a par 71,
6,211-yard layout. The Tar Heels begin
teeing off at 10 a.m. in Saturday's second round. Live scoring is available on
GoHeels.com.